February 2, 2018 - This will come as a shock to no one at this point, but the boy did not want any fast food in January. We ate at a few regular restaurants, but did not go anywhere that required rolling down the car window.

January 7, 2018 - So far this winter, we have been fortunate that the weather has been mild. Even so, the boy has been unmotivated to leave the house and get any fast food. It is better nutritionally, but the collector in me is still antsy.

A quick check of the web sites for the more popular fast food restaurants reveals the following:

- McDonald's has a joint promotion of The My Little Pony Movie and Transformers: Robots in Disguise as the goodies in their Happy Meals. The next promotion shown is another joint promotion - Hello Sanrio and Pokemon Sun Pokemon Moon.

A quick check of the web sites for the more popular fast food restaurants reveals the following:

- McDonald's has Teeny Beanie Boos plush toys as the goodies in their Happy Meals. The next promotion shown is Despicable Me 3.

We've already gotten a set of the Boos from eBay and will likely be getting a set of the DM3 toys there as well. As a general personal guideline, I try to pay in the range of two or three dollars per toy when I buy a set online like this.

February 20, 2017 - The kid had the day off from school, so I talked him into McDonald's for lunch. He had a 20-piece chicken nugget box and I got a Happy Meal and scored the The LEGO Batman Movie Robin/Catwoman tin with stickers.

A quick check of the web sites for the more popular fast food restaurants reveals the following:

- McDonald's has The LEGO Batman Movie toys and cups as the goodies in their Happy Meals. I might have to get a set on eBay because I think I need those cups. The next promotion shown is a joint promo of HotWheels and Barbie.

A quick check of the web sites for the more popular fast food restaurants reveals the following:

- McDonald's has Teen Titans Go! toys and Sweethearts "clip gloss" as the goodies in their Happy Meals. The next promotion wasn't shown yet on January 16, because the site was still listing Sing toys as the current promotion while also saying that it runs through January 9th.

October 24, 2016 - We didn't eat out much since the last update, but the boy did score a Talking Tom figure at McDonald's. A few years back, he loved the Talking Tom apps, but he didn't seem especially interested in this toy. It's a cute figure, so I think he has just outgrown the license.

A quick check of the web sites for the more popular fast food restaurants reveals the following:

- McDonald's has Talking Tom toys in their Happy Meals. The next promotion shown is a joint promo of Justice League and DC Superhero Girls. Each will have eight toys, with half being action figures and half being role-play items.

July 11, 2016 - For June, we made a single trip to McDonald's and picked up a Skylanders Superchargers toy. We don't play Skylanders, so this elicited a solid "meh" from the boy, although it is a pretty nice little toy.